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Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted April 24, 2024 The Ford government has won a privacy battle to keep the extent of its...
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Ontario Health Coalition
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Who is supposed to protect us from such scams?
Mike Suta’s wife was charged $3,000 for cataract surgery: “The optometrist told her there was a two-year wait to get the surgery....
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Anthony Milton
- Apr 18
- 2 min
“I’ve been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Now, I have no choice but to close my practice
Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible for physician Fan-Wah Mang to keep her Mississauga...
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Liam Casey
- Apr 10
- 1 min
‘I’m not paying it’: Ontario family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC
Law was passed by Doug Ford government in fall 2022 Posted April 10, 2024 A few weeks ago, Michele Campeau faced what seemed like an...
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Ontario Nurses' Association
- Apr 9
- 1 min
Care Not Profit
On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...
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Wayne Doyle
- Apr 8
- 1 min
Province denies application for new family doctor in Elmvale
Springwater Township and family physician had lease agreement ready to go Apr 5, 2024 1:30 PM Working quietly behind the scenes for a...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Credit Card or Health Card?
Posted April 6, 2024 Join the call to stop privatization NOW! All across the country, the majority of Canadians oppose the privatization...
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Allison Jones
- Apr 5
- 1 min
"Confused and isolated in a setting where they do not speak the language."
Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules Bill 7 allows people to be placed in a long-term-care home not of...
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Liam Casey
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Seven people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government
Seven people fined for refusing Ont LTC transfers TORONTO - Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a...
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Isaac Callan
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Extra billing sometimes a ‘misunderstanding,’ Ontario health minister says
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted March 28, 2024 6:00 am As Ontario continues to significantly expand the role of...
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Katherine DeClerq
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Names of Ontario health-care clinics found to have extra-billed being kept secret
March 22, 2024 The names of physicians and facilities found to have engaged in extra-billing for health services are being kept secret,...
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Rob Ferguson
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Ontario budget pours $2B into home care, but critics say it ignores long ER wait times
But critics said it doesn't put enough new cash into the health-care system to shorten long emergency room wait times or help people find...
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Barbara Patrocinio
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Health care budget increase for 2024-25 is below the cost of inflation at 1.3
Ontario pledges almost $50 billion over 10 years for health care in 2024 budget. The province is also committing to build 58,000 new...
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Elizabeth Payne
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Is it Fair to Charge Fees for Access to Primary Care?
NDP leader urges Ontario government to ban fees for access to primary care An Ottawa woman was charged $110 at an Appletree clinic to see...
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Marjorie Griffin Cohen
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Health care delivery is changing throughout the country March 13, 2023 The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides...
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Vivian Stamatopoulos
- Mar 11
- 1 min
I’m not letting this one go anytime soon, Stan Cho.
Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos responds to the news story Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police. This...
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Mike Crawley
- Mar 11
- 1 min
Want more family doctors in Ontario? Pay them better, say physicians
Inflation has outpaced average OHIP billings, prompting some doctors to opt out of family practice Mar 11, 2024 As the number of people...
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Spencer Turcotte
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Kitchener, Ont. family meets with health minister after 19-hour wait for emergency surgery
A month after Ontario's health minister said she’d talk with the Kitchener family who waited 19 hours for an emergency appendectomy...
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Jessica Smith Cross
- Feb 29
- 1 min
Are these private-pay health care clinics legal? The minister of health won't say
Some new clinics are taking advantage of the family doctor shortage to charge patients February 29, 2024 A new private medical clinic in...
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Les Whittington
- Feb 29
- 1 min
A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care
Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize...
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